Exterior Design: Dress Up Your Garden For Spring

The first daffodils are out, it's just about still light as we make it home from work – yes, after what feels like the longest winter in history, the garden will soon be back on the menu as a location for wine o'clock.

As all thoughts inside the house turn to spring cleaning, don't forget it's also the time to take a look at your outdoor space. Here's how to dress up your garden for Spring:

I challenge anyone to look at this selection of candy-coloured tea-light holders and not feel happy. Great value too, so you can pile them on to bring any garden to life, whether with lights or with flowers.Goblet tea light holders (six colours), £5.99 each and set of four coloured jam jar tea light holders, £12.99 at The Contemporary Home.

This set of five ceramic herb planters fit together and can be made into a cross, in a row or handily, into a 'v' to fit into corners. For the chicest herb garden around.X-tray ceramic herb planter, £49.50 at Garden Beet.

If you have any outside space at all, is there any better way to fill than with one of these? Pure luxury – and no need to worry about wrestling ropes around supporting trees. Go on, you know you want to.Bow hammock, £139 at Living It Up.

A BBQ is a summer garden must have, but is perhaps not the prettiest of additions – until now. Small but perfectly formed; as it's portable you can venture out of the garden to BBQ up a storm wherever the mood takes you.Pink portable suitcase BBQ, £25 at Tesco.